By: Anna Starkey The 73rd Golden Globe Awards took place on January 10, 2016 to honor the most outstanding films and television of 2015. Nominees and winners were selected by the Hollywood Foreign Press as Ricky Gervais hosted the show for the fourth time. The night was filled with continual bleeping and laughter as dry-humor and crude jokes ran rampant. Highlights of the night included The Revenant … Continue reading Will the Globes predict the Oscars?
By: Mitch Hughes People are lining up in gas stations and other local retailers all over the country to have their shot at winning an astonishing estimated 1.4 billion dollars. The current Powerball jackpot is at a record high, doubling the previous record of $656 million, because nobody has won the jackpot since it opened up at $40 million on November 4, 2015. Players will … Continue reading Who Wants to be a Billionaire?
By Kate Barton Since November, environmental talks have been carried out in Paris with the goal to become completely independent of fossil fuels and restrict temperature increase to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. 196 countries have already agreed to the climate deal, but so far the U.S. is not one of them. The UN chief has expressed the desire for world leader to sign … Continue reading Why the U.S. Needs to Sign the Paris Climate Deal
By: Joseph Spirk The campaign of Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is being accused by the Democratic National Committee of illegally accessing classified voter data of fellow opponent Hillary Clinton to use against her in the 2016 race. A group of interns working for the Bernie 2016 campaign were the first to detect a software glitch in the data system that contains crucial voter data for candidates and is managed … Continue reading DNC and Bernie Sanders Clash Over Data Breach
By Anna Starkey Historically, the Northeast region of the United States has experienced brutally cold winters. Having endured subzero temperatures and countless snowstorms previously, Northerners are wondering whether this winter, beginning on December 21, will parallel the last. By observing the powerful, incoming El Niño however, meteorologists are predicting otherwise. An El Niño can be described as a an irregularly occurring and complex series of … Continue reading Walking in a winter wonderland…maybe?
By: Joseph Spirk On Thursday, December 3, a Christmas party at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California was interrupted by two heavily armed individuals who stormed the building and then opened fire on the helpless crowd. The attack was carried out by 28-year-old Syed Rizwan Farook, an inspector with the department, and his 27-year-old wife Tashfeen Malik, an immigrant from Pakistan. According to investigators … Continue reading San Bernardino Shooting
By Kate Barton Obama addressed the nation on Sunday, December 6, on the issue of terrorism. This brief came right after the shootings in San Bernardino earlier in the week, which followed the massacres in Paris. Obama inspires American nationalism before he details his plan: “The threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it. We will destroy ISIL and any other organization that … Continue reading Obama’s Address on Terrorism
by Meghna Kumar Google recently terminated the Art Squad on Google Docs for allegedly violating its terms of service. Google Docs is famous amongst high school students as a useful tool for group projects. It facilitates sharing information when working with partners. It enables users who adhere to individual busy schedules to collaborate with others. But Google Docs is more than just a variant of Microsoft … Continue reading Google Docs: The Modern Canvas
By: Joseph Spirk After years of military control, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar has successfully introduced the principles and beliefs of democracy by giving the country’s leading pro-democracy party, The National League for Democracy, a majority of seats in both houses of Parliament. The National League for Democracy was founded and is headed by Nobel Peace Prize recipient and former political prisoner Aung San … Continue reading Democracy Triumphs in Historic Myanmar Election
By Kate Barton On Friday, November 13, an earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan. The quake measured a 7.0 on the Richter scale and created a relatively small tsunami. No damage or injuries have been reported. However, this is not the first, or surely the last, time that an earthquake has taken place in this area. Japan is near the Philippine sea plate with a … Continue reading Earthquake Shakes Japan
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